The Hundred Poets Compared: A Print Series by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada

by Henk Herwig, H., Mostow

The Hundred Poets Compared is about a 1-print series made by three famous Ukiyo-e artists of the 19th Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada. Each print compares one of the poems from the most-beloved collection of Japanese poetry, The One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu), with a scene from Japanese history or theatre.

256 pages, Leather Bound

First published May 30, 2007

Reviews

[Regina]

Had hoped there would be more on the original poets and the poems' intended meanings/backstory. If that's what you're looking for, look elsewhere.